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TRIVIA
Did you know that...
Santiago was formely called Carig.
It was formerly a barrio of Echague
The towns Cordon, Diffun, Saguday, San Mateo and Ramon were formerly its barrios.
The first five barrios after the Cadastral survey in 1927 were Patul, Batal, Nabbuan, Buenavista and Dubinan
The area bounded by the Provincial road on the NW Carreon St on the SW Abauag St on the NE and the lot of the Methodist on the SE was the site of the first public school building before it became a market site.
The present site of the PNB was the site of the old Municipio, sold to PNB during the administration of Mayor Andres Acosta for P1.00
The lot now occupied by the heirs of Santiago Lumidao fronting the NAWASA was formerly the old Spanish Cuartel
The present Dubinan School and North Central School sites were former cemetery sites.
The lime used in the construction of the church in Santiago were quarried from Potia, Mt. Province
The first Rural Bank in Northern Luzon is in Santiago.
The La Salette Fathers headed by Fr. Conrad Blanchet arrived in Santiago on December 21, 1948
The first native Doctor of Medicine, Lawyer, CPA, Dr. of Dentistry, Pharmacists are Dr. Pascual Fernandez, Atty Domingo Maddumba, Lucas C Taguinod, Dr. Jose C Tumanut and Nenifa Carreon
Eustaquio Bayaua, reportedly a strong man, singly brought the bell up to the church tower thru the spiral stair of the old church
Pacifico Alvarez of Santiago became Division Superintendent of Schools
The longest hike by Boy Scouts was recorded by the La Salette Scouts in 1955 from Gamu to Manila under the leadership of Fr. John Pelissier MS
No native was ever elected Mayor of Santiago since the Philippine became a Commonwealth
Santiago was liberated from the Japanese on June 13, 1945
An old picture which was salvaged from the war shows: (only those that could be identified)
| President | Gabriel Visaya |
| Vice President | Benigno Anicero |
| Secretary | Vicente Alvarez |
| Councilor | Segundo Agustin |
| Councilor | Victor Yarcia |
| Chief of Police | Gregorio Carreon (standing) |
Prominent People of Santiago
Spanish to Liberation Time
Governor - Vicente Tumanut
Cabeza de Barangay - Buenaventura Panganiban
Presidente or Mayor
| Joaguin Bayaua
| | Buenaventura Panganiban
| | Vicente Carreon (2 times)
| | Bernardo Turingan
| | Manuel Bayaua
| | Raymundo Ibay
| | Gabriel Visaya
| | Felipe Padua
| | Marcelino Facun
| | Agustin Bersamin
| | Elino Miranda
| | Federico Fernandez
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Justice of the Peace
| Vicente Tumanut
| | Alipio Taguinod
| | Luis Tagorda
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Chief of Police
| Gregorio Carreon
| | Pedro Aggari
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Note: There are no available records of the prominent people who held offices in Santiago. The names appearing here are based on recollections. If there have been some omissions, certainly they were not intentional.
*Contributed by Leng Comoda
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